Boys' name · since 1963
Damen
2,459 babies named Damen in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,933 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,459
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damen currently ranks #5933 among boys' names in America, with 2,459 babies recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damen has been recorded 2,459 times among boys since 1963, currently ranked #5933 nationally and more common than 57% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,898 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,933 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,459 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Damen ranks #2,898 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,933 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,459 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,898 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,933 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,459
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Damen's 2,459 recorded births place it above 93.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Illinois.
How Damen compares
2,459 Top 20% higher than 80% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Damen's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Damen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,459 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 74 | 34 | 22,252 |
Damen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Damen's full recorded timeline at 1995, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 74 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Damen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 74
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Damen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (590 births, 24% of the file).
2000s was Damen's strongest decade.
590 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Damen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 48
1960s
48 births
- 1970s
1970s
423 births
- 1980s
1980s
342 births
- 1990s
1990s
540 births
- 2000s
2000s
590 births
- 2010s
2010s
416 births
- 2020s 100
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 590 births (24% of all-time use).
How Damen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Damen's total volume
Damen by state
Where Damen concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 189 | 7.7% |
| #2 | California | | 146 | 5.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 58 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 42 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 18 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Washington | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 10 | 0.4% |
189 of 2,459 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Damen appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Damen's data
- Damen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (590 total births); usage has since declined to 100 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Damens (189 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Damen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~62 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1963–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Damen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.